Unit Three Daily Syllabus

R 11/3 Introduction to Unit Three; read 'Happy Endings' (activity)
Homework: Read 'The Wedding Gift' (pp.386-396)

T 11/8  Discussion of the reading.
Homework: Read 'So Much Water So Close to Home' (pp.277-290).

R 11/10  Discussion.
Homework: Read 'Water 2' on nicenet & 'What We Talked about When We Talked about Love' (pp.334-342); research for Carver.

T 11/15 Discussion. Macro & Micro culture.
Homework: Read 'Die Hard: The American Mythos'; read 'Why We Like Horrors' on nicenet. (If you have not watched Die Hard, there are copies on reserve in the library.)

R 11/17 Discussion of the movie/readings.
Homework: Read 'Girl' (pp.313-314) & 'I Want to Have a Wife' (on nicenet); research for Gilman.

T 11/22 Discussion; revisit 'The Mother Tongue'; 'The Yellow Wallpaper'.
Homework: Complete your Essay Three Draft One. Post your draft to nicenet before Thursday.

R 11/24 Reading Day: No Class. Finish editing your group peers' drafts online before the end of this week.

T 11/29 5 students scheduled for conference. *
* Whether you are scheduled for conferences for this unit, post your drafts and edit your group peers' drafts as directed.

R 12/1 Self-evaluation; common problems; mechanics. Explanation of the final essay.
Homework: Continue revising your Essay Three. Read 'Disliking Books at an Early Age' (pp.24-31), 'The Man Made of Words' (pp.32-42).

R 12/1 Essay Three due at the beginning of the class.